Point of View Lesson

POINT OF VIEW

• What is Point of View?

  • Point of View is the way an author crafts his or her story to allow the reader to see and hear what is happening

  • The points of view that are most commonly found in literature are:

  – First Person Point of View – Third Person Point of View

  • • (Second person is only used for guides or instructions using the pronoun YOU)

  First Person Point of View

  • You can identify first person point of view by looking for the following pronouns:

  –I – Me, My – We, Us

  The narrator is a character in the story.

  The reader only knows what the NARRATOR reveals about their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

  
  

Multiple Choice

As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. I see a shadow up in a tree. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away.

From what point of view is the passage written?

• FIRST

• SECOND

• THIRD

• ALL

Multiple Choice

the author is

• the speaker

• the person who wrote the story

• the person who told the story

• flat character

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